Finding a job out-of-state

[seattlestudent]

Hi Everyone,

My husband will be applying to graduate school out-of-state and would start about the time that I would finish my ADN (Jan 2012) around Seattle at a community college. We were wondering: Is it hard to find your first job out-of-state (probably in New York, Chicago, or the SF Bay Area)? Would it be better to work around Seattle where I will graduate for a year to two years?

Any articles on finding a job out-of-state or unemployment rates in the major areas that I mentioned

I would really appreciate the help! Thanks!

[llg, PhD, RN]

Out-of-state hospitals will be interested in you once you know where you will be and are committed to living there for a few years. Until then, there is not much you can do except become familiar with the possibilities. They are VERY unlikely to take any action about hiring you until they know you are committed to living there. You may even have to wait until you actually move there for them to take any action. Once you are physically there, though, then your chances of getting a job are not much worse than anyone else's.

It doesn't hurt to contact them, ask for information, "feel them out," etc. ... but don't expect them to be interested in you until you become a local resident (or at least have signed a lease to live there.)

[Coffee Nurse, BSN, RN]

And on top of the potential difficulties of applying from out of state, the locations you're looking at are currently saturated with new grads, especially NYC and especially the Bay Area. Don't know if things will have improved a couple of years from now, but I probably wouldn't plan a move unless you've got a job in hand in your destination city.

[seattlestudent]

Thank you for the information.

Yeah, I hope that things will get better in a few years...

Definitely, we won't rush and enjoy Seattle for a while. :)